So my hubby told me to weigh myself on Saturday...And like an obedient girl I complied...Lost another 7 lbs and he went nuts..My daughter did the same and told me I have to start eating more. My trainer says I need to add another 500 calories to my daily diet.

I am bummed, you see I still have not reached my 170 lb goal. But they know that when the skin is removed that I will weigh 170 or less. I have no idea how to increase my calorie intake and have had some low blood sugar attacks after working out...

I don't want to stop losing because I am not at goal yet and can't seem to stop even if I wanted to. Now I have never experienced a stall because I hardly ever weigh myself..And intend to keep right on doing that until after plastics and then I will weigh every week.....I am getting the eye constantly now.

You need to figure this out they keep saying..Complex carbs and more meals during the day....I eat enough already I think......I still take a large shirt and size 12 pants..I know I am tall... but never ever thought that this would ever happen to me that they would start worrying about me being too small....WTH is that.....for almost my entire marriage I have been way over weight....How do you handle the reverse and if I am even too small....

So confused...damn it!!!!!!!!!!!!

RJ

I support you and respect your trials and tribulations, I have to say I was proud of your daughter for defending you at the grocery store, I don't care anyone's history - Why should a stranger freak out over spilled milk? Your Daughter obviously loves you very much and her Mama - Bear has come out to protect you. Do you remember that comic where the Mom would turn into a bear when she needed to protect her son? Like his first trip on a school bus? I pictured her as big Grizzly in grocery aisle.

Anyway, you hang in there girl and we are here to support you :-D

RJ

I support you and respect your trials and tribulations, I have to say I was proud of your daughter for defending you at the grocery store, I don't care anyone's history - Why should a stranger freak out over spilled milk? Your Daughter obviously loves you very much and her Mama - Bear has come out to protect you. Do you remember that comic where the Mom would turn into a bear when she needed to protect her son? Like his first trip on a school bus? I pictured her as big Grizzly in grocery aisle.

Anyway, you hang in there girl and we are here to support you :-D

LOL She did come out fighting..silly girl..I love her for it..but to me it is now a waste of good energy...And frankly I really didn't care what was up that ladies butt.....I did feel a warm glow over my body when she told me what she did....She was a mom-ma bear for sure...!!!!!!!!!!

Okay folks this is what I have learned from your replies..which were very helpful and kind..

1) I have to encourage my family to see that I am doing the right thing for me.

2) That no one knows what is going on in your body but yourself and that they should trust you unless you are out of control...which I am not!

3) That the only way to measure how much skin, is when you are on the operating table and the surgeon starts to cut.

4) The main issue is to keep a healthy goal in front of me at all times.

5) Expect people who love you to try hard to protect you.

6) I must step back and see myself for who I am and stop looking at myself in my fat head kind of way.

7) Yes I do believe that after surgery there will be more weight loss because of the surgery effects. Poor appetite from the surgery itself. Must take that into consideration.

8 ) Talk to those who have had plastics to get a better idea of what they experienced so that I can gleam from their experiences.

9) And the most important.....Quit being anxious about a event that will happen down the line, not right now..I need to work on my training and body rebuilding before I can even think about it.

Thanks everyone!

Sounds like a good subject to approach with your nutritionist. Great job, by the way!

What about adding some nuts to snack on? The calories and nutritionally healthy fats might slow you down on the weight loss. Plus, they are low carb and can be taken to eat on the run. Just graze a little with them...a few nuts = a lot of calories. Or, Peanut Butter on whole wheat crackers? Just a thought. Healthy fats are very good for you and your brain requires them.

What about adding some nuts to snack on? The calories and nutritionally healthy fats might slow you down on the weight loss. Plus, they are low carb and can be taken to eat on the run. Just graze a little with them...a few nuts = a lot of calories. Or, Peanut Butter on whole wheat crackers? Just a thought. Healthy fats are very good for you and your brain requires them.

I eat nuts and seeds just like a squirrel. Almost every day. I love them. No peanut butter though... Allergic to peanuts and the butter!

I am not sure I want to slow down the weight loss just yet either. i need to remember what my team told me and go by them. And hopefully the family will calm down some as they see I am not keeling over..LOL

According to Google;

How much skin on an average adult:

8-10 pounds...25 square feet

Gman... The average person has 8-10 lbs of skin. Well the formally obese person may have a lot more considering the stretching of the skin. Ex. When you blow up a balloon and let the air back out it does not go back to its original size. If you do that to a balloon over and over again. It will not even go back close to the size it was. We are all different and have been bigger or smaller. Age and genetics also play a part in how much skin would have to be removed...This info came from my doctor this morning........

I found it interesting!

Even a plastic surgeon can't tell for absolute how much skin he will remove until you are on the table. He can estimate but not calculate until it is being done.

you can make your own nut butter with a type your ok eating toast them and just put them in a blender and blitz its own oil within the nuts is what helps it change to spreadable IF you need to add a little oil pick something you like and just a little at a time.

its pretty easy to do and no added this that or the other preservatives etc

According to Google;

How much skin on an average adult:

8-10 pounds...25 square feet

Gman... The average person has 8-10 lbs of skin. Well the formally obese person may have a lot more considering the stretching of the skin. Ex. When you blow up a balloon and let the air back out it does not go back to its original size. If you do that to a balloon over and over again. It will not even go back close to the size it was. We are all different and have been bigger or smaller. Age and genetics also play a part in how much skin would have to be removed...This info came from my doctor this morning........

I found it interesting!

Even a plastic surgeon can't tell for absolute how much skin he will remove until you are on the table. He can estimate but not calculate until it is being done.

I never thought of that.

That 's right.

So if a guy is average if he weighs 200 pounds but is 300 pounds at the most he would be 50% bigger in the skin department. So instead of 8-10 pounds he would have 12-15 pounds. That does not take into account internal fat which doesn't stretch skin. That sound right?

According to Google;

How much skin on an average adult:

8-10 pounds...25 square feet

Gman... The average person has 8-10 lbs of skin. Well the formally obese person may have a lot more considering the stretching of the skin. Ex. When you blow up a balloon and let the air back out it does not go back to its original size. If you do that to a balloon over and over again. It will not even go back close to the size it was. We are all different and have been bigger or smaller. Age and genetics also play a part in how much skin would have to be removed...This info came from my doctor this morning........

I found it interesting!

Even a plastic surgeon can't tell for absolute how much skin he will remove until you are on the table. He can estimate but not calculate until it is being done.

I never thought of that.

That 's right.

So if a guy is average if he weighs 200 pounds but is 300 pounds at the most he would be 50% bigger in the skin department. So instead of 8-10 pounds he would have 12-15 pounds. That does not take into account internal fat which doesn't stretch skin. That sound right?

We know that our kidneys are protected by a layer of fat....and so there is fat inside us as a protection against falls or whatever trauma we may endure. Fat is released as we stop eating as much. Hopefully excess fat. Starving that body can cause death.

So there is a part of us that still needs fat to keep us alive.But yes. Like you said...The higher you weighed the genes you were born from and age will determine how much excess skin will be there.

I have been over whelmed with this subject since my family started to go into a spin about it. I no longer feel that way. My body will adjust to the size it is supposed to be on its own and that is that. Then I will worry about the next step.

I do however have to add more complex calories the day of workouts and the next day as well. Your body burns calories up to 48 hours after a workout. A hard work out. so I will listen to that advice and work on that for now and wait for my consult with plastics later....

Wish I were one of those that bounced back like an elastic but it was not to be. that's okay though it is just part of the journey for me!

All good!!!!!!!!!!!

Your post made me smile. You got it going on! Way to think it through!

Hi Rj-

Saw this new article on NBCNews.com -

http://www.nbcnews.com/#/health/health-news/after-huge-weight-loss-sagging-skin-remains-n44481

it says "After the body contouring is done, patients routinely lose another 10 to 15 pounds of loose skin alone.", thought you might be interested in reading it if you haven't already seen it.

Hope this Helps ;-D

Hi Rj-

Saw this new article on NBCNews.com -

http://www.nbcnews.com/#/health/health-news/after-huge-weight-loss-sagging-skin-remains-n44481

it says "After the body contouring is done, patients routinely lose another 10 to 15 pounds of loose skin alone.", thought you might be interested in reading it if you haven't already seen it.

Hope this Helps ;-D

Thank you for the article. It is exactly how I feel about it all.... soon I will be there going through the process. the article helped a lot knowing I am not a lone in worrying about the extra skin not to mention how old I feel while I carry this extra.....: